Internal Security Watch

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 30 Dec 2009 03:38

Bangladesh linked to arms drop in Purulia

The arms dropped over Purulia in West Bengal in December 1995 were purchased on the orders of a member of the office of the then prime minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia, show documents accessed by Hindustan Times.

Two End User’s Certificates — mandatory for arms deals in the international market — issued by Bangladesh to Bulgarian suppliers were signed by this official, Mohammed Shubid Ali Bhuiyan, the then principal staff officer to Zia.

One of the certificates signed by Bhuiyan said the arms “will be used by the Bangladesh Army and will not be exported to any other country”.

But they landed up in Purulia.

Though the two certificates form part of the evidence submitted to a Kolkata court by the CBI, nothing was known of them till now because this part of the proceedings was not open to the press or public.

Despite the arrests and convictions, including that of high-profile British national Peter Bleach, the Purulia arms case remains unsolved 14 years later. Investigators still don’t know who was to receive the arms.

Bhuiyan would know. But several attempts made by CBI investigators to speak to him were stonewalled.

Bangladesh does not see it that way.

“If the Indian authorities make a request to us, through the official channels, to probe this individual’s role in the Purulia case, we will cooperate,” said Bangladesh deputy high commissioner in India, Mashrafe Binte Shams.

“We will have to see if there is any merit in their case (against Bhuiyan),” Shams added.

Sixty-four-year-old Bhuiyan, who served as the principal staff officer from 1991 to 1996 and retired in 1997, is related to Begum Zia’s husband, former president and founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Gen Ziaur Rahman.

Bhuiyan has since changed camps and is now an MP from the Awami League, led by present PM Begum Sheikh Hasina.

The British police in raids on Bleach’s estate found the End User’s Certificates, which established Bhuiyan’s connection to the Purulia case.

This was confirmed by Stephen Elcock, a British Intelligence officer who assisted the CBI in the probe, at an in camera hearing before the court.

One of the certificates – issued on November 25 1995 – authorized Bleach’s front company, Border Technology and Innovations Ltd, to conclude the contract with the Bulgarian suppliers.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 30 Dec 2009 10:22

US cautions its citizens on terror attacks in India

"The US government continues to receive information that terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India. Terrorists and their sympathisers have demonstrated their willingness and capability to attack targets where Americans or Westerners are known to congregate or visit," the travel alert said.

"In addition, there continues to be a possibility of violence in the south-central Indian state of Andhra Pradesh over the contentious issue of creating a separate state," the state department said.

sum · Post by **sum** » 30 Dec 2009 10:23

Madam Teesta seems to have received her fresh batch of funding and has suddenly been reactivated:
Women subjected to brutal atrocities in Godhra: Setalvad

AHMEDABAD: Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has alleged police atrocities on women belonging to a particular community in Gujarat’s Godhra town. The Godhra judicial magistrate, I class, has asked senior police officers to inquire into the allegation and report to the court.

Teesta Setalvad, secretary of the Mumbai-based voluntary organisation, on Monday produced before mediapersons some of the women who, she said, were subjected to atrocities at home and later in police custody when they were arrested on charges of rioting and stone throwing. They were subsequently released on bail.

According to Ms. Setalvad, policemen from the Godhra “B” division station went to Geni Plot in search of Syed Husain Badam, an alleged cow thief, and some others on the night of December 19 on a complaint lodged by the Godhra municipality. She claimed that Badam, who had been absconding for 14 months, and the other accused were picked up from his residence at Geni Plot, but they gave the police the slip.
Midnight raid

Around 1.15 the same night, policemen raided some of the houses at Hathila Plot, about 1.5 km away, suspecting that the accused were hiding there. But unable to find them, the police allegedly took away gold and cash from three houses.

Ms. Setalvad claimed that the police picked up only women and subjected them to sexual abuse and physical torture. They even snatched a 19-day-old baby from her mother’s lap and tossed her to the ground, she said.

Later, eight women were arrested on charges of rioting and throwing stones at the police. They were taken to the Godhra sub-jail at 4 a.m. Even in the police van, the women were sexually harassed, she alleged.

The next day judicial magistrate M. Nalawala ordered the police to take the women to the civil hospital for treatment. She also ordered an inquiry into the incident.

But, Ms. Setalvad said, the police not only delayed taking the women to the hospital till the evening but also insisted on male doctors examining them. So the women preferred not to be treated, enabling the police to concoct a medical report showing no police atrocities.

Demanding that the National Women’s Commission visit Godhra for a first-hand account of the atrocities, Ms. Setalvad named a sub-inspector and three constables for the atrocities.

A CJP delegation later called on Sudhir Singh, Additional Director-General of police, law and order, demanding action against the erring policemen.

Panchmahals Superintendent of Police G. M. Muthalia, however, denied the allegation and claimed that the women were actually hand in glove with the accused. They tried to prevent the arrest of the accused by keeping the police party at bay. It was subjected to heavy stone throwing when it went to arrest Badam and the other accused, enabling them to flee, he said.

This tactic of using women and children as stone throwers and shouting "Islam Khatrey mein hain" to delay the police movement seems to be a standard tactic of these criminals. Once thats done, agents like Teesta can then start their propaganda in full flow.

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 30 Dec 2009 18:14

Satya_anveshi wrote:US cautions its citizens on terror attacks in India

Israel dropped its warning last week, now US gives out another travel warning. More Headley's around?

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 30 Dec 2009 18:42

Netted on wedding day

comments tweet this

Tuesday 22 Dec, 2009

It is a life from a Bollywood film - a penniless kid from rural India who rose to wealth beyond the dreams of most of his countrymen.

When Indian police raided one of Naresh Kumar Jain’s many homes this month, there was a Lexus in the driveway, next to a Land Cruiser and, just for amusement, two Honda City’s and a Hyundai I-20.

As the world’s largest money launderer, Jain, who had been based in Dubai for over ten years before fleeing three months ago, was used to dealing in massive figures.

Said by police to be very intelligent and a keen organiser, he is allege-dly the clean-cut face of the international drug trade.

“His house was very nice. It’s in a new part of Delhi where a lot of the new money has been moving,” said senior narcotics officer, Sanjah Ku-mar, adding it was “not too lavish”.

Naresh, true to form, went quietly with officers, despite being woken up by a police raid on the day that the eldest of his two daughters was getting married earlier this month.

With everything prepared, the wedding went ahead without him.

“His new son-in-law is from a very nice family who weren’t aware of any of this.

“The young couple have already left on their honeymoon but he never saw his daughter’s wedding,” said Kumar.

Indian police had raided several of his properties before catching up with him in a swank new area in the north of the city.

New Delhi Narcotics Bureau said international police were anxious to capture Jain before the wedding.

“Everyone was worried that he would be free from family obligations after the wedding and may leave the country. We raided him the night before the wedding. We had no choice,” said a senior Narcotics Bureau chief. “He missed his daughter’s wedding.

So how much is your money worth to you then?”

Jain was upset, but was calm and collected during interrogation, never denying that he was involved in money laundering in Dubai, but denying he was involved in the international drugs trade.

“He is very intelligent, very fluent and quick to comprehend,” said Kumar. “He has three children about whom he is quite concerned. Like most Indian men, he is a family man.”

His main line, according to Kumar, was that he had already been charged by Dubai police and therefore Indian police should leave him alone. However, Indian police have requested the charge sheet from Dubai police.

“We’re not going to believe him until we see the charges ourselves,” Kumar told 7DAYS.

Born into a “large, uneducated village family”, according to Indian police, he came to Dubai in 1995 to escape an Indian gold smuggling case.

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Sanjay M · Post by **Sanjay M** » 31 Dec 2009 05:06

External Affairs Minister Tells Twittering Twit Shashi Tharoor to Shut Up:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 397605.cms

Umrao Das · Post by **Umrao Das** » 31 Dec 2009 06:12

Jain or No Jain
We have nothing to gain
The system is corrupt to core
Its just matter of time again
That terror returns once again
to unleash suffering and Pain
While the power be remain

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 31 Dec 2009 12:23

Sanjay M wrote:External Affairs Minister Tells Twittering Twit Shashi Tharoor to Shut Up

When I sad that Shashi Tharoor was nothing but hype, people laughed at me (not in this forum) and said I was supporting the age old corrupt politicians. For these people (who hardly go and vote) Shashi Tharoor was the new messiah who would bring in fresh democracy to India

. Looks like for folks like Shashi Tharoor bureaucracy is the better place to be. Shashi's performance in the ministry should be checked and if he is useless we should just ask him to go home, and sit in front of the PC and Tweet.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 31 Dec 2009 13:05

sum, This is quote from the OT.

"They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open."

The context is the Assyrian King Saragon II who invaded in 722BC for refusing to pay tribute. The words were from the Israeli prophets to scare their people into paying the tribute.

However these words are used everywhere the One God religions go to warn/caution their people of impending doom. And Indian elite takes them literally to vilify their own people.

satya · Post by **satya** » 31 Dec 2009 13:46

In early 90s in my peaceful state of Haryana and in my own home distt. there was a robbery of tube well pump from a govt. farm and since the pump was heavy a whole group was involved and one of their members was caught by the farm employees and handed over to police .Policemen around 8-10 went to catch the rest of the gang from their houses where majority of the people belong to same caste & religion. To cut story short , policemen had to run for their lives , ASI lost his service revolver there and oh yes women were leading the charge against the policemen but apparently they were not Muslims , pure blood Hindus only and were Gujjars ( there's a saying in Haryana : Gujjar se ujjad bhala , heer se fakeer bhala ) . Not defending the Muslims but such behavior is very common among communities where there's high rate of crime . Make your own conclusions .

nithish · Post by **nithish** » 01 Jan 2010 01:23

Terror suspects remanded to judicial custody

Thadiyantavida Nazir (32) and his brother-in-law Safiquq alias Shafaz Shamsuddin (28), the two main accused in the Bangalore serial blasts case, were remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a City Court here on Thursday.

The CCB ? sleuths produced the duo before the 8th ACMM Judge Kiran Kini as the 1st ACMM Venkatesh R Hulgi was on leave. The accused, earlier, had been remanded to 14 days' police custody on December 18.

The two were arrested by Bangladesh Rifles along the Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya and subsequently handed over to Border Security Force on December 2. They were brought to Bangalore on December 4 and have been in police custody since then.

CCB?

muraliravi · Post by **muraliravi** » 01 Jan 2010 01:25

Guys,

Updated Border fencing data base with details for Dec 09

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key= ... utput=html

Murali

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 01 Jan 2010 03:46

Visa on arrival for tourists from 5 countries starting today

Those holding passports of Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Luxembourg and Finland would be eligible to fly in without a visa. The scheme is being introduced as a pilot project for a year.

"The visas will be issued to citizens of the five countries irrespective of where they fly in from. Tourists will be charged $60 at the airport counters for the visa. They will also have to conform to a couple of rules and regulations. We will check whether the tourist has enough money to sustain his or her stay for the period shown in the itinerary," said an airport source.

The facility, which is offered by several south-east Asian countries, is expected to give a leg-up to the business community as well as tourists. With huge inbound investments coming in from Japan and Finland, easy travel norms are seen as a necessity for furthering business ties. Japanese automotive companies like Suzuki, Honda, Nissan among others have made substantial investments in India while Finnish investments have been mainly driven by Nokia and associate companies.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 01 Jan 2010 06:45

nithish wrote:CCB?

Central Crime Branch.

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 01 Jan 2010 06:52

City Crime Branch I think.

http://www.bcp.gov.in/english/aboutus/overview.html

City Crime Branch (CCB)
This unit conducts investigations of special cases.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 01 Jan 2010 08:48

Terror Threat Looms Large Over India
Nothing that we don't know here.

In the past few months several countries have been issuing travel advisories against travelling to India. The latest on the list of countries that have issued travel advisories are United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.

Such advisories are being issued in the wake of several reports by intelligence agencies against the rising threat in India from terrorist organisations.

When India mobilized after a terrorist attack, travel advisories were issued and mainly Indian IT czars voiced their concern on revenge hysteria and the GoI relented. The fallout of inaction is more advisories now.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 01 Jan 2010 20:54

broadsword blog. - and so the circus continues...

by Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 1st Jan 10

With the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) having failed to procure modern rifles and carbines for its state and central policemen from the international market, it is now looking to India’s private sector for providing police forces the weaponry needed to respond to Mumbai-style terror attacks.

On 21st December, the MHA promulgated a draft Arms and Ammunition Manufacturing Policy, which will allow the DIPP to issue licences to large private companies, which are capable of producing advanced weapons, and of investing over Rs 50 crores, for manufacturing arms and ammunition to be “primarily supplied to Central Para Military Forces, Defence and State Governments on tendering basis…” The draft policy stipulates an FDI cap of 26% on companies applying for licences.

The MHA had initially looked towards foreign suppliers for replacing the outdated weaponry of 15 lakh state policemen and 7.5 lakh jawans of the Central Police Organisations (BSF, CRPF, CISF, etc). It was envisaged that global suppliers like Singapore Technologies Kinetic (STK) and Israel Military Industries (IMI) would partner the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to produce modern rifles and carbines in India for the military and the police. That plan was stymied when STK and IMI were blacklisted by the MoD after the arrest last May of Sudipta Ghosh, the former OFB chief, on charges of corruption.

Nor was it possible for the MHA to procure weapons from the Defence Ministry’s suppliers, the two ordnance factories at Ishapore and Kanpur. With an annual production capacity of just 100,000 rifles, these factories barely met the annual replacement requirement of India’s 17 lakh soldiers, sailors and airmen.

With the foreign and PSU options foreclosed, now the private sector is being invited to pick up the slack. There are already 95 private companies with decades-old licences to manufacture arms, but those small companies are licensed to manufacture only shotguns of the kind used by bank guards and for hunting. The MHA, however, needs rifles and carbines, which can be aimed to longer ranges and are capable of automatic fire, i.e. emitting a continuous stream of bullets when the trigger is pressed.

For the private sector, this is déjà vu. In 2001, after a cabinet decision to allow the private sector into defence manufacture, the DIPP (vide Press Note No 4 of 2001) had permitted private companies to manufacture defence equipment, including arms and ammunition, subject to an FDI cap of 26%. Large industrial houses interested in defence manufacture, including Larsen & Toubro and Mahindra Defence Systems, had applied and obtained Letters of Intent (LoIs) for manufacturing several categories of defence equipment, including small arms (pistols, rifles, machine guns and carbines) and ammunition.

But in 2006-07, when Larsen & Toubro sought a formal manufacturing licence from the government, the MHA insisted that no licences be granted for small arms and ammunition. The reason, as the draft policy obliquely admits, was the MHA’s wish “to ensure total non-proliferation”; North Block apprehended that extremists might siphon off weaponry from private production units.

Now, clearly, that apprehension has been trumped by the urgent need for modern weaponry. The MHA, however, still intends to strictly control the grant of licences for manufacturing arms and ammunition; the draft policy stipulates that applications “may be considered by DIPP as per procedure in consultation with MHA.”

Manufacturing world-class arms and ammunition will be a challenge for Indian private companies, involving as it does expensive and closely guarded technologies. Admitting that a foreign partner would be essential, an industry source said, “Small arms manufacture is as much an art as an industrial process. We will have to tie up with a foreign partner like, perhaps, Heckler & Koch. An FDI cap of 26% means that they will be reluctant to transfer crucial technologies; we may be limited to licensed manufacture.”

[The draft policy has been put up for public comments on the MHA website (http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/DAAM-Policy-211209.pdf).

Umrao Das · Post by **Umrao Das** » 01 Jan 2010 23:58

Classic case of State subverting its own security. Where are the supe amber flames now?

Also re call that after the Massacare of Mumbai (11/26) there was a great Chai Pani biscoot Samosa Wine party held under the ageis of NSA, FM, GMG , where were the Chicago Consulate chaps who issued Multiple visas to our friend Hardley Davidson.

Did they ever check the number of visas issued to preferred or reserved applicants called TFATA instead of stupis SDRE's who pump money into Indian economy after waiting to put up with insults?

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 02 Jan 2010 00:54

Bihar on high alert as reports say terrorists sneaked in

Police sources said the Intelligence Bureau had informed Bihar police about infiltration of six well-trained terrorists from Nepal. "The terrorists have sneaked into Araria district from Nepal after killing an ISI agent in the neighbouring country Dec 27," the sources said

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 02 Jan 2010 01:38

What if ISI decides to let loose their sleeper cells in Hyderabad to add to the confusion?

sum · Post by **sum** » 02 Jan 2010 10:02

Police sources said the Intelligence Bureau had informed Bihar police about infiltration of six well-trained terrorists from Nepal. "The terrorists have sneaked into Araria district from Nepal after killing an ISI agent in the neighbouring country Dec 27," the sources said

Which ISI agent? The fake currency guy shot in a hotel few days back?
Also, why would they come to India after killing a ISI man? Shouldn't they be getting back to Pak or is it that our men are hot on their trail and they panicked? Lots of questions...

What if ISI decides to let loose their sleeper cells in Hyderabad to add to the confusion?

Wont our agencies have a fair idea of these cells and be keeping a watch on them?

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 02 Jan 2010 10:09

Madhani's PDP still a thorn in the CPM flesh

The CPM state committee witnessed severe criticism from a section of members of the tactical understanding between the party and the PDP during the last Lok Sabha elections.

The unexpected attack, even from staunch CPM loyalists, is learnt to have stunned CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.

The state committee didn't discredit Abdul Nasser Madhani completely.

In a press note issued here after the meeting, the committee noted that the LDF had accepted the support of the PDP after Madhani professed his stand against terrorism.

The CPM clarified that it didn't have a responsibility to protect the past illegal activities of Madhani and his partymen. "Let the law take its own course," it said.

The CPM alleged that the UDF was promoting terror outfits in Kerala. When the PDP followed the path of terrorism, the UDF was aligned with it.

Avinash R · Post by **Avinash R** » 02 Jan 2010 16:03

Singha wrote:Manufacturing world-class arms and ammunition will be a challenge for Indian private companies, involving as it does expensive and closely guarded technologies. Admitting that a foreign partner would be essential, an industry source said, “Small arms manufacture is as much an art as an industrial process. We will have to tie up with a foreign partner like, perhaps, Heckler & Koch. An FDI cap of 26% means that they will be reluctant to transfer crucial technologies; we may be limited to licensed manufacture.”

[The draft policy has been put up for public comments on the MHA website (http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/DAAM-Policy-211209.pdf).

Four held with firearms in Uttar Pradesh
2 January 2010, 09:34am IST
LUCKNOW: Four men were arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district for smuggling contraband, arms and ammunition, police said on Saturday.

The men, in their 30s, were nabbed ... with 33 pistols and 66 magazines...

According to police, though the firearms have markings of a foreign make, the weapons seized were manufactured in Mungeer region of Bihar.

"Taking into account, the quality of firearms and their impressive outer, anyone can be taken for a ride as they would think the weapons were genuinely imported and smuggled from abroad," police inspector Rakesh Singh said.

How come petty criminals manufacture world class weapons in their backyards while companies find it difficult to do the same inspite of having crores of money at their disposal? It would be better if these companies lower their recruitment standards and induct these legally uneducated but technically proficient people into their companies. There would be less trade in illegal arms and such people would get a legal source of income.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Jan 2010 18:54

Red Fort attack: 3 Pak militants escape from Delhi hospital

Updated on Saturday, January 02, 2010, 19:05 IST Tags:Red Fort, Militants, Lashkar-e-Toiba
Zeenews Bureau

New Delhi: Three Pakistani terrorists who were involved in the Red Fort attack case escaped from the GB Pant Hospital here sources said on Saturday.

All three terrorists named, Razzak, Rafaqat and Tariq had served jail-terms and were under the custody of Special Branch of Delhi Police and were to be handed over to the Foreigners Regional Registration office (FRRO) for deportation to Pakistan. They made an escape on their way to hospital on Friday.

Delhi Police is now preparing a fresh case against the trio for violating the restraint order of the Foreigners Act, the sources said.

The three had been arrested in 2000 along with 17 kgs of RDX and 50 kgs of heroin and the court had sentenced them to a jail term.

The Meghalaya Police personnel, who were escorting the three, were being questioned by security agencies, the sources said.

On December 22, 2000 three people were killed in Red Fort terror attack. A Delhi court later held Mohammed Arif alias Mohammed Ashfaq, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, and sentenced him to death which then upheld by High Court.

(With PTI inputs)

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 02 Jan 2010 18:57

^^
Great. Now we will have terrorists sentenced to death years ago escaping from custody.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 02 Jan 2010 19:01

India sucks and sucks big time when such dreaded terrorists are handled in this manner. I am pretty sure that they were not handcuffed when they escaped.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 02 Jan 2010 19:31

SSridhar wrote:India sucks and sucks big time when such dreaded terrorists are handled in this manner. I am pretty sure that they were not handcuffed when they escaped.

I am being a bit optimistic here. What if these three bozos were allowed to "escape" on purpose? These fellows are out in the open, high chances are that they will try to communicate with the handlers.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 02 Jan 2010 19:37

I would nt be surprised if the concerned folks released em only to catch down the line and file one more case against these folks. Anything is possible...

The three were in the custody of Special Branch of Delhi Police and were to be handed over to the Foreigners Regional Registration office (FRRO) for deportation to Pakistan. The Delhi Police is now preparing a fresh case against the trio for violating the restraint order of the Foreigners Act, the sources said.

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/ ... -delhi.htm

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 02 Jan 2010 19:40

All the three and after 10 years of being in an Indian jail ?

komal · Post by **komal** » 02 Jan 2010 20:40

The three were in the custody of Special Branch of Delhi Police and were to be handed over to the Foreigners Regional Registration office (FRRO) for deportation to Pakistan. The Delhi Police is now preparing a fresh case against the trio for violating the restraint order of the Foreigners Act, the sources said.

Why would you escape if you were getting sent back home anyway?

Ananya · Post by **Ananya** » 02 Jan 2010 21:03

Well looks like they are not terrorist any more . they want to follow the rule.

pakistan se zinda bhag

satya · Post by **satya** » 02 Jan 2010 22:16

Pehle sapne dikhana fir bhagana fir dobara case banana fir jail main dalna simple. 10 yrs sentence served but they tried to run and its a very serious crime

sum · Post by **sum** » 02 Jan 2010 22:16

Sachin wrote:
SSridhar wrote:India sucks and sucks big time when such dreaded terrorists are handled in this manner. I am pretty sure that they were not handcuffed when they escaped.
I am being a bit optimistic here. What if these three bozos were allowed to "escape" on purpose? These fellows are out in the open, high chances are that they will try to communicate with the handlers.

Thats even my spider sense told me. This is because they were anyways about to be sent home which would mean they would be back to anti-India activities within a few months. What better way to keep them in Desh or try to use them as bait/double agents to trap other Pakis in Delhi than to say that they escaped ( or were allowed to escape)?

They might even be rotting in a underground cell far away from all the WKKs/Human rights wallahs for all we know with a red herring of them having escaped helping to keep them from any court appearance. The DP chief sounded unusually cool when Ms. Suhasini Haider was badgering him about the Pakis which creates more doubts.

sum · Post by **sum** » 02 Jan 2010 22:20

Mumbai ACP denies partying with Chhota Rajan gang

MUMBAI: Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Prakash Wani on Saturday vehemently denied reports of him allegedly partying with Chhota Rajan
gang members at a private club in suburban Chembur in Mumbai. ( Watch Video )

"The clips and photographs published in the media are doctored and it seems to be a conspiracy against me," Wani said.

Maharashtra home minister R R Patil on Friday directed an inquiry into the photographs of senior police officials purportedly attending a Christmas party thrown on Christmas eve by gangsters and has sought a report.

"It is irresponsible on the part of the media to have published the clips without verifying it," Wani said.

"The truth will come out after the inquiry has been conducted. My statement would also be recorded," the senior police official said.

He further claimed that "such allegations" would put a blot on his 33-year service in the police department. The party was reportedly organised to celebrate Christmas and the release of some of the gang members. The chief guest of the party was D K Rao, an alleged Chhota Rajan gang member, who was released after 13 years of imprisonment after being acquitted in 30 cases of murder and extortion.

Other guests in the party reportedly included Farid Tanasha and Sunil Poddar, both close aides of Chhota Rajan.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan has recommended suspension of DCP V N Salve, an IPS officer, and ACP Prakash Wani, and three other police personnel.

The Maharashtra government had on Friday ordered an inquiry into allegations that besides Salve and Wani, senior police inspector Tulsidas Khakkad, a police inspector of anti-extortion cell and a constable from Chembur police station had attended the party.

Small pooch about this issue:

Since Chotta Rajan is known to be a "patriotic" gangster who lends his hand to Mumbai Police/IB/RAW from time to time, could it have been that the officers were actually attending to keep good relations with their informers or were there on a info gathering mission?

Its just that the DDM brainlessly jumped into the picture without thinking of the reason after the clip was leaked by some random dude or a D-company man( whom the officers might be targeting) to get those officers removed. Is this a possibility?

vijayk · Post by **vijayk** » 03 Jan 2010 08:08

sum wrote:Mumbai ACP denies partying with Chhota Rajan gang

Small pooch about this issue:

Since Chotta Rajan is known to be a "patriotic" gangster who lends his hand to Mumbai Police/IB/RAW from time to time, could it have been that the officers were actually attending to keep good relations with their informers or were there on a info gathering mission?

Its just that the DDM brainlessly jumped into the picture without thinking of the reason after the clip was leaked by some random dude or a D-company man( whom the officers might be targeting) to get those officers removed. Is this a possibility?

Isn't it possible that the terrorists sympathizers a.k.a TOIlet did this to undermine the police close to this gang? They have a motive. Getting these guys out will help Pakis and their terror cells. TOIlet will happy to see the bomb blasts and then post more stories on India-Paki peace effort undertaken by TOIlet and Dung newspapers.

vera_k · Post by **vera_k** » 03 Jan 2010 09:08

^^^

Possibly, but then one would expect the ToI and other media outlets to get dragged to court for defamation.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Jan 2010 09:59

hopefully these three will be 'caught' from purani dilli soon in the dead of night after being 'released' for a few secs from a unmarked black van.

sum · Post by **sum** » 03 Jan 2010 10:14

3 Pakistani ultras escape from Delhi

Initially, the Delhi Police claimed the three were being treated at G B Pant Hospital but had to withdraw it within minutes after the hospital’s Medical Superintendent Dr Shashi Gururaj said the three had not come to the hospital.

“We have screened the list of patients who visited our hospital for treatment. Neither today nor yesterday nor in the last one month, any of those terrorists was found to have been brought to our hospital for treatment,” the Hospital’s Medical Superintendent said.
Later, Delhi Police clarified that the three were being taken to Guru Nanak Eye Hospital.
FRRO denied it had anything to do with the three Pakistanis saying the custody of such prisoners was always with the Special Branch of the Delhi Police.

After the escape, the police registered a fresh case against the trio for violating the restraint order of the Foreigners Act, a senior police official said.

Home Ministry officials said a red alert was sounded in Delhi and adjoining areas to nab the fleeing terrorists.

Confirms that this is a Chankian smoke and mirror show onlee...
Couldn't the DP atleast confirm the cover story before releasing the soundbytes?

sanjaychoudhry · Post by **sanjaychoudhry** » 03 Jan 2010 10:20

I have a feeling the three pakis have been 'suddenly removed' after all the juice has been extracted from them.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 03 Jan 2010 10:24

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sanjaychoudhry"]I have a feeling the three pakis have been 'suddenly removed' after all the juice has been extracted from them

Let me check if some vendors are selling "Paki Ka Tel".